OCCURRENCE OF Cryptophlebia carpophagoides CLARKE, 1951 (LEPIDOPTERA: Olethreutidae) IN Enterolobium contortisiliquum (VELL.) MORONG FRUIT IN THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL

Abstract

\uc9 registrada pela primeira vez a ocorr\ueancia de Cryptophlebia carpophagoides Clarke, 1951 (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae) em frutos de timba\ufava, Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong, no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Os frutos atacados foram coletados no campus da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, nos meses de maio e junho de 2003 e 2004. Foi constatado que as lagartas possivelmente causam dano aos frutos da esp\ue9cie em conseq\ufc\ueancia da libera\ue7\ue3o de serragem que pode amea\ue7ar a sanidade, vigor e a germina\ue7\ue3o das sementes.The occurrence of Cryptophlebia carpophagoides Clarke, 1951, (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae), in fruit of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong, has bun first registered in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The damaged fruit was collected in the campus of National University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, from May to June of 2003 and 2004. It was evidenced that the caterpillars damage the fruit of that specie affecting the integrety, the vigor and the germination of the seeds